{"title":"Parker, Samuel","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"a-map-of-the-county-of-kent-samuel-parker-after-symonson-2-sheets-58x84cm-1719-p-8-006542","title":"A Map of the County of Kent—Samuel Parker after Symonson—2 sheets—58x84cm 1719","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'A Map of the County of Kent—Dover Castle and Towne'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA large and decorative map of the County of Kent, originally published in 1719 in John Harris’s The History of Kent. Engraved by Samuel Parker and based on the celebrated map of Kent by Philip Symonson first issued in 1596. The map is surrounded by an elaborate border incorporating 118 heraldic coats of arms of the county’s noble families. A detailed inset view of Dover Castle and Town appears at lower right, while London is shown to the north-west. Tables list the county’s lathes, bailiwicks, hundreds, market towns, cities, ports, and franchises. Printed on two conjoined sheets, blank verso, with tight margins as usual.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52367310750043,"sku":"P-8-006542","price":1080.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-006542a_f4d5da60-6788-46bc-841d-8672110b10ba.jpg?v=1770910926"},{"product_id":"antique-map-the-isle-of-thanet-in-kent-by-samuel-parker-for-john-harris-1719-p-8-006576","title":"Antique map—The Isle of Thanet in Kent by Samuel Parker for John Harris 1719","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'The Isle of Thanet in Kent—North West Prospect of St. Mary Minster'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA finely engraved early-eighteenth-century map of the Isle of Thanet, originally published in John Harris’s History of Kent in 1719. The map shows the peninsula when it was still separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel, with Sandwich Haven and the River Stour carefully delineated. Towns, villages, churches, windmills, roads, and ferries are depicted pictorially, with Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs clearly identified. Coastal features, navigation routes, and offshore shipping are shown, reflecting the island’s maritime importance. An inset view at lower left presents a north-west prospect of St Mary Minster. Engraved in a clear and attractive style, the map combines topographical accuracy with decorative charm and provides a valuable record of Thanet’s historic landscape before the silting of the Wantsum.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52367314649435,"sku":"P-8-006576","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-006576a_ae6f34c2-a030-4cda-94f1-3d80dd157602.jpg?v=1770910943"},{"product_id":"to-the-worshipfull-the-lords-proprietors-of-romney-marsh-samuel-parker-1719-map-p-8-006583","title":"To the Worshipfull the Lords Proprietors of Romney Marsh… Samuel Parker 1719 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'To the Worshipfull the Lords Proprietors of Romney Marsh and the Adjacent Levells—The description of Romney Marsh, Walland Marsh, Denge Marsh \u0026amp; Guilford Marsh, with the divisions of their waterings, their heads, arms, principall sewers, \u0026amp; their gutts for the conveying of the fresh waters that fall into the same, and also the levells of Wittersham, Shirley Moore \u0026amp; the surrounded marshes from Appledoor Channel lying to the River of Rothersbridge into Newender, Sandhurst \u0026amp; Bodiam, together with the harbours of Rye \u0026amp; Winchelsey, with the marshes adjoyning.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed early-18th-century engraved map of Romney Marsh and its environs, encompassing Walland Marsh, Dungeness and Guildford Marsh, and extending to include Rye, Winchelsea, Tenterden, Bodiam Castle, Sandhurst and Hythe. The map depicts the Isle of Oxney, the sea wall and estuarine defences north of Rye, and a complex network of rivers, channels and tidal waterways within a landscape still shaped by tidal influence. It records the marshes before the later construction of the Royal Military Canal, which drained and consolidated much of the area, transforming former sea and river channels into low-lying pasture while leaving the Isle of Oxney as higher ground, though retaining its historic name. Originally published as an illustration to Harris’s History of Kent, the map is an important contemporary document of early coastal management and land reclamation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52367314977115,"sku":"P-8-006583","price":540.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-006583a_69cb6cda-0f38-469d-aadd-e3240d58d5e7.jpg?v=1770910949"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/collections\/parker-samuel.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}